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Combatting isis are ongoing. they have been complicated, though, by rising tension with russia. cnn s frederick pleitgen got exclusive access to u.s. flight crew on a mission over syria. you have to take a look at this. reporter: faced with new russian threats, the u.s. military not backing down in the skies over iraq and syria. we re on a kc-10 tanker plane, refueling the fighters pounding isis. of course there s some tension since the russians have announced they don t want to communicate with the u.s. anymore, in the skies over syria. that s why crews like this one take great care when they fly into syrian air space. reporter: stopping the communications significantly increases the ruisk of mid-air collisions over this crowded air space where u.s. coalition and russian planes operate very close to one another. russia made the move after russia hit a syrian airfield with cruise missiles last week, in response to a chemical attack ....

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